Inhibition of vemurafenib-resistant melanoma by interference with pre-mRNA splicing

Mutations in the serine/threonine kinase BRAF are found in more than 60% of melanomas. The most prevalent melanoma mutation is BRAF(V600E), which constitutively activates downstream MAPK signaling. Vemurafenib is a potent RAF kinase inhibitor with remarkable clinical activity in BRAF(V600E)-positive...

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Main Authors: Salton, Maayan, Kasprzak, Wojciech K., Voss, Ty, Shapiro, Bruce A., Poulikakos, Poulikos I., Misteli, Tom
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4435825/